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PHOTOS: President Obama hosts drug abuse discussion in Charleston, W.Va.


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Photos from President Obama’s visit to Charleston, W.Va. on Wednesday.

President Barack Obama and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. walk down the stairs of  Air Force One upon their arrival at McLaughlin Air National Guard Base in Charleston, W.Va on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015. (Yi-Ke Peng/WOUB)
President Barack Obama and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. walk down the stairs of Air Force One upon their arrival at McLaughlin Air National Guard Base in Charleston, W.Va on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015. (Yi-Ke Peng/WOUB)
President Barack Obama shakes hands with the crowd at McLaughlin Air National Guard Base in Charleston, W.Va on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015. (Yi-Ke Peng/WOUB)
President Obama shakes hands with the crowd at McLaughlin Air National Guard Base. (Yi-Ke Peng/WOUB)
President Obama addresses a packed auditorium at the East End Family Resource Center regarding the issue of drugs that have so negatively impacted the state of West Virginia.
President Obama addresses a packed auditorium at the East End Family Resource Center in Charleston, W. Va. regarding the abuse of prescription drugs that has especially impacted the state of West Virginia. West Virginia has the highest rate of overdose deaths in the United States. (Robert McGraw/WOUB)
David Grubb accounts the story of the struggles he and his wife have had with heroin addiction concerning their second oldest daughter Jessica and the issues they have had to try and get her help.
David Grubb accounts the struggles he and his wife have had with heroin addiction concerning their second oldest daughter Jessica and the difficulties they have had in getting her help. (Robert McGraw/WOUB)
President Obama references his drug use as young man but for the grace of God he did not go down the path of drug abuse.
In his speech, President Obama promised to combat the issue of heroin use and prescription painkiller abuse. (Robert McGraw/WOUB)
President Obama listens and talks with Cary Dixon (left) whose son is struggling with and in treatment now for drugs and has made it her mission to advocate for more drug education and action.
President Obama listens and talks with Cary Dixon, left, whose son is struggling with and in treatment now for drug abuse. Dixon has made it her mission to advocate for more drug education and action.(Robert McGraw/WOUB)
President Obama hugs Cary Dixon, whose son had been incarcerated for drug use,  at the end of the forum.
President Obama hugs Cary Dixon, whose son had been incarcerated for drug abuse, at the end of the forum.(Robert McGraw/WOUB)
Residents and visitors crowded the outside of the East End Family Resource Center to try and get a glimpse of the president of the United States as he leaves Charleston to return to Washington D.C.
Charleston residents and visitors crowded the outside of the East End Family Resource Center to try and get a glimpse of President Obama as he leaves Charleston to return to Washington D.C.(Robert McGraw/WOUB)
Jessica Short holds up a sign as she waits for the president's motorcade to pass by. Short resides at Sojourner's Homeless Shelter in Charleston. (Yi-Ke Peng/WOUB)
Jessica Short holds up a sign as she waits for the president’s motorcade to leave from the East End Family Resource Center. Short resides at Sojourner’s Homeless Shelter in Charleston. (Yi-Ke Peng/WOUB)
Charleston residents wave to President Barack Obama's motorcade as it heads out. (Yi-Ke Peng/WOUB)
Residents wave to President Obama’s motorcade as it leaves Charleston. (Yi-Ke Peng/WOUB)